Get Healthy
OUR GOALS
To improve the physical and social-emotional health of adults with IDD and their families in Kennett. Click on underlined text to learn more and look for opportunities to get involved
Physical health
How do you build healthy walking routines, find other paths and trails around Kennett, use active transportation, and explore other ways to get healthy? Read more here.
Social-emotional health
How can KAN help you to connect with others to build build relationships? Read more here about just some of the efforts underway in Kennett,
Physical health
Use the resources we have made available on our sister site, Kennett Outdoors. You will find maps of paths and trails in Kennett and surrounding regions, and blogs about different ways to be active outdoors.
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Build a healthy routine of regular walks in nature
Our Fresh Air Self Care for All self-guided course can help caregivers, educators, and adult service providers to identify the many different barriers that people with IDD might face when seeking to hike natural trails, and strategies for helping to overcome these. Contact us to get started, and we are happy to help guide you on your first adventures
Explore other paths and trails around Kennett
Whether walking, being pulled in her Wike trailer, or riding on her adapted electric tandem, Margot enjoys being outside every day. Hover over Paths, Trails and Routes on Kennett Outdoors to discover ways to get outside every day within a 15 minute drive to weekend adventures further afield - Margot has done every one of these paths.... and more!
Have fun with active transportation
Join Margot in using our adapted cargo e-bike to complete daily deliveries around town, from moving mulch in Anson B. Nixon Park, picking up / dropping off items at the Kennett Area Community Services, restocking Kennett's 2 Little Free Pantries, delivering food to shut-in families in need, and helping to maintain Kennett's dozen Pop Up Lending Libraries. Read more here.
Learn about other ways to get healthy outdoors
Want to try riding a bike on a local path with a trailer adapted for adults with IDD? We have a loaner available, and are happy to bike with you to show you how it is done! Want to try kayaking? We can direct you to places nearby, and accompany you on a first outing to help make it work! Feeling more adventurous? Talk to us about snow tubing and even skiing! Read more here.
Social-emotional health
Respite recreation
Over the past two years, our work with the Kennett YMCA to identify how it can become more accessible and inclusive has resulted in a monthly respite recreation program - parents of those with IDD enjoy 1-2 hours out in Kennett, while Y staff and volunteers help their children move and connect with others through sports, dance, song, and crafts. Read more here
Integrated events
KAN and Kennett outdoors work with organizations to setup specific events where people with and without disabilities work and play alongside one another. This past April, we worked with the Kennett Library and others to organize a Walkfest: we helped to create routes in Anson B Nixon Park and Kennett for healthy walks, with support from businesses and other sponsors. Sign up for our blog to get notified for future events.
Work with other parents to advocate for change
Over the past 3 years, we have channeled our frustration with services by working closely with other parents and with legislators on the policy changes needed to help our young adults get the services and supports they need. Our successful 2022 Fix66 campaign led Governor Wolf to sign Act 55 into law, granting an extra year of school to make up for CoVid for 2022 graduates. Sign up for our blog to learn about other efforts.
